The journey back was hell and after a while he was dripping with Priscilla's blood, which almost made him wish he had embraced his mother's side. Her pulse was getting fainter and fainter with every mile and he almost fainted with relief as the huge house came into view - this of course is a figure of speech.
They left the door wide open so he just ran straight in. Phembi and Peony were wearing scrubs and sharing the same grim expressions as everyone else, which changed to horror as they sighted him.
"Alright!" Phembi said taking control. "Put her here," she said indicating a fully prepared hospital bed with equipments all around it, in a cleared corner of the living room.
Numb from running through the cold with a dying girl in his arms, he moved mechanically and put her gently on the bed.
